No.
CHQ/IPASP/CRC/2012 Dated
: 19/11/2013.
To,
Ms. P.
Gopinath,
Director
General,
Department of
Posts,
Dak Bhawan,
Sansad Marg,
New Delhi 110 001.
Subject : Quota of General Line in PS
Group ‘B’ Examination … reg.
Ref. :
Directorate No. A.34012/06/2011-DE dated 13th April,
2012.
Respected
Madam,
Your kind attention is
invited towards this Associations letter even number dated 15/7/2013 wherein it
was requested to issue necessary instructions to SPG DIVISION to finalise the
Recruitment Rules of PS Gr. B cadre early and reduce share of General Line
officials from PS Gr. B examination quota i.e. from 6% to 3%. But till this date
neither Recruitment Rules of PS Gr. B cadre revised nor share of General Line
officials reduced from PS Gr. B examination thereby further eroding the
promotional prospects of Inspectors causing frustration amongst the Inspectors
cadre.
IP/ASP Association would like to again
bring to your kind notice that on introduction of Postmaster Cadre, 25% posts in
Sr. Postmaster Cadre have been earmarked for HSG-I General Line Officials
through promotion. Hence, out of 116 posts of Senior Postmaster, 29 posts have
been given to General Line without reducing their share in PS Gr. B cadre. This
has adversely affected the promotional avenues of IP/ASP cadre, and hence
following CAT cases filed and admitted at Chandigarh and Hyderabad benches by
two Circle branches of this Association and 5 individuals to get relief for
non-holding of Sr. PM Examination.
Sl.
No.
|
Name of
applicant
|
OA
No.
|
Circle
|
1
|
Priyanath
Pattanayak
|
872/2011
|
Odisha
|
2
|
Devi Prasad
Nayak
|
873/2011
|
Odisha
|
3
|
C. H. Vijay
Gopal and G V. Shrinivasan
|
1279/2011
|
Andhra
Circle
|
4
|
B.
Krishna
|
1314/2011
|
Andhra
Circle
|
5
|
All India
Association of Inspectors and Asstt. Supdt. Posts, AP Circle
Branch
|
1316/2011
|
Andhra
Circle
|
6
|
All India
Association of Inspectors and Asstt. Supdt. Posts, Punjab and Haryana Circle
Branch
|
1328/HP/2011
|
Punjab &
Haryana
|
7
|
Vedprakash
Sharma
|
1358/HP/2011
|
Himachal
Pradesh
|
IP/ASP Association would like
to further bring to your kind notice that, Recruitment Rules for Postal
Superintendents notified in 1979 to fill up 100% posts through IP Line
officials who have put in 5 years of service by seniority cum fitness through
Departmental promotion committee. Department promulgated Revised
Recruitment Rules on 11/3/1988 merging two erstwhile cadres viz ‘Postal
Superintendent Gr. B and Postmaster Gr. B under nomenclature of PSS Group “B”.
The total number of posts notified in RRs was 790. But 76 posts of Sr.
Postmaster were not forming part to it although representation in the different
rosters was given correctly to 866 posts. Due to the amalgamation of two cadres,
the share to General line was distributed as under:
6% of 866
Posts
i.e 52
posts
|
From General
Line Officials who have put in 5 years services in LSG and above through
LDCE.
|
94% of 866
Posts
i.e 814
posts
|
From IP Line
officials who have put in 5 years services through
DPC
|
These Recruitment Rules were
subsequently amended in the year 1994 vide Directorate memo No. 9-36/92-SPG
dated 29/6/1994 and the method of filling the Posts was prescribed
as
6% of 866
Posts
i.e 52
posts
|
From General
Line Officials who have put in 5 years services in LSG and above through
LDCE.
|
19% of 866
Posts
i.e 165
posts
|
From IP Line officials who have
put in 5 years services through LDCE.*
|
75% of 866
Posts
i.e 649
posts
|
From IP Line
officials who have put in 5 years services through
DPC
|
25% of
Posts
|
From General
Line officials who have put in 2 years services in HSG-I through
DPC.
|
75% of
Posts
|
Through LDCE from IP Line
officials in PB-2 9300-34800 with a Grade Pay of Rs. 4200/- who have put a 6
years regular services through LDCE.*
|
It is further to state that
as per the various Recruitment Rules the composition of Posts would be as
under:
1. As per 1988 Recruitment Rules, total
No. of Posts were 866
General
Line
|
052 through
LDCE
|
IP
Line
|
814 through
DPC
|
2. As per 1994 amended Recruitment
Rules Total No. of Posts 866
General Line
(6%)
|
052 through
LDCE
|
IP Line
(19%)
|
165 through
LDCE
|
IP Line
(75%)
|
649 through
DPC
|
3. As per Sr. PM Recruitment Rules Total
No. of Posts 116 of which 29 post of General line are to be filled through DPC
and 87 post from IP line i.e 100% through LDCE. Apparently these 87 posts are
required to be carved out from the 19 % quota meant for IP
line.
General Line
(25%)
|
29 through
DPC
|
IP Line
(75%)
|
87 through
LDCE
|
4. Residuary PS Gr. B Total No. of Posts
866-116=750 that will form part of new recruitment rules for which revision of
PS Group “B” will be required to reduce the number of posts from respective
quota. As a natural justice and fair equality 116 posts should only be reduced
from 6% equal to 29 post (General line) and 87 posts from 19% quota earmarked
for IP line promoted through LDCE. This is so because as per postmaster
recruitment rule 2010, all the 87 posts of Sr. Postmaster are to be filled from
amongst the IP line having 6 year service only through Limited Departmental
Examination and 29 posts from general line through DPC. There is no logic to
reduce the quota from 75% quota i.e 649 post earmarked for filling through
seniority cum fitness as no representation to senior most IPs/ASPs is given in
Sr. Postmaster cadre through seniority cum fitness (see postmaster recruitment
rule 2010).
This
Association have severally requested Directorate to issue revised Recruitment
Rules for PS Gr. B cadre to correct the anomaly of fixation of quota for PS Gr.
B from IP Line Officials and General Line Officials by providing 97% vacancies
to PS Gr. B from IP Line and 3% by promotion of HSG-I officials from General
Line through a LDCE. It is understood that few creation memos of PS Gr.B posts
are not traceable at Directorate and therefore unnecessarily this vital issue is
kept pending. It is also learnt that department is allowing Circle Office and
RMS staff to appear in PS Group “B” by allowing transfer of 10 posts to PS Group
B fleet that will increase the total number of post to 760. In that event, the
apportionment would be in a different equation and should be in the following
manner for fair equality as also committed before Hon’ble CAT Chandigarh bench
by Directorate not to reduce the posts from 75% quota i.e 649 posts. As such
there should not be reduction of 87 Sr. Postmaster posts from 649 posts
earmarked for promotion to IP/ASPs through seniority cum fitness particularly
when no representation to this quota is given in Sr. Postmaster promotion
through DPC. IP/ASP Association is accordingly demanding following sharing
out:
General Line
(3%)
|
023 through
LDCE
|
IP Line
(12%)
|
091 through
LDCE
|
IP Line
(85%)
|
646 through
DPC
|
It is to further intimate that this
Association has already submitted detailed proposal to Directorate under letter
No. CHQ/PS Gr. B/2011 dated 4/7/2011 regarding distribution of quota under each
category for implementation in the interest of both IP Line and General Line
officials but despite series of reminders to Department nothing has been done
till this date except inviting unnecessarily 7 CAT cases. It is not understood
when a particular incumbent of IP post drawing GP Rs. 4800/- is allowed /
eligible to write Sr. PM Examination then why ASPs are not eligible to write the
Sr. Postmaster examination as both Posts relates to one and same cadre i.e. IP
cadre. It needs to be looked thoroughly into.
It is therefore once again
requested your kind honour to call upon the
records from the concerned Divisions (i.e. DE and SPG) of Directorate and pass
an orders to SPG DIVISION to finalise the Recruitment Rules of PS Gr. B cadre
accordingly by reducing shares from each quota as proposed above. In the
meantime in order to give effect to Postmaster Recruitment Rule 2010, it is
suggested that junior 29 PS Group B official recruited against 52 posts and 87
junior most IP Line officials recruited through LDCE may immediately be ordered
to post on the posts of Sr. Postmaster by obtaining one time option from each as per
Recruitment Rules-2010. ASPs may also be allowed to appear in Sr. Postmaster
Examination and reduce 6% share of General Line officials to 3% in order to
compensate IP Line before notifying the vacancies for the ensuing PS Gr. B
examination.
A positive
action will be highly appreciated.
With profound
regards,
Yours
sincerely,
Sd/-
(Vilas
Ingale)
General
Secretar
